Employee Manual 2023 - Flipbook - Page 34
in effect if the City is routinely processing passports for the public. This bonus is at the discretion of
the City and can be changed/discontinued at any time.
Bereavement Leave:
Full-Time Employees shall be allowed the following leaves of absence, with pay, as bereavement
leave:
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Five days for the death of a spouse, child or stepchild
Four days for the death of a parent or stepparent
Three days for the death of a sister, stepsister, brother, stepbrother, mother-in-law, fatherin-law, grandchildren.
One day for grandparents, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, or member of the employee's
immediate household.
Any additional time taken must then be deducted from the employee’s accumulated vacation,
personal or compensatory leave.
Bereavement leave will not be deducted from the employee's accumulated paid leave time. If an
employee is currently utilizing vacation, sick, personal or compensatory time and bereavement
leave is needed, the employee may request to modify their paid time usage.
Jury Duty:
Any full-time or year-round part-time employee who is called to and reports for jury duty shall be
paid by the City for each day, not exceeding ten (10) days per year, partially or wholly spent in
performing jury duty if the employee would have been scheduled to work for the City. After ten
days, the employee will not be compensated by the City unless that employee utilizes their
accumulated paid leave time (i.e. vacation, personal, compensatory). The employee will be paid
their regular rate of pay for the time spent on jury duty. When the employee has completed their
jury duty, they will submit to the City any jury pay received. An employee must give the City prior
notice that they have been summoned for jury duty and must furnish satisfactory evidence that
jury duty was performed on the days for which payment is claimed. Employees are required to
report to work on any day or partial day they do not have on jury duty
Employees required, either by the City of Plymouth or any public agency, to appear before a court
or such agency on matters related to their work for the City of Plymouth shall be deemed at work
during the period of time they are scheduled to appear.
Volunteer Hours
All full-time non-union employees are provided 8 hours of paid time (straight rate of pay) for
volunteering with a local charity or school in the City of Plymouth, Plymouth Township or Plymouth
Canton Community School District. Any time taken must not create a staffing issue for the
department and must not create a situation requiring additional expenses to provide department
coverage. The time and volunteer opportunity must be approved by the employee’s department
supervisor or city manager.
City of Plymouth Employee manual - Page 34 – March 2023
